EL DEBARGE ARRESTED for Drug Possession

Oh come on now MAAAAN!!!

Gawl dangitt...

Damn. I stay pulling for him like I stayed pulling 4 Whitney. El needs some true friends, someone 2 keep an eye on him at all times.

El DeBarge Caught Up in Drug Bust—Again!

El DeBarge is racking up a bevy of greatest hits—on his sprawling rap sheet.

E! News has confirmed that the "Rhythm of the Night" singer (real name: Eldra DeBarge) was arrested in the Los Angeles area on Monday for possession for sale of narcotics, adding yet another notch to his long history of run-ins with the law.

Police confirm that DeBarge was arrested at 2 p.m. in Encino. No other details were available.

He was booked and released on a $30,000 bail and is due in court on April 9.

The singer, who was most recently spotted having an emotional reunion with old friend Whitney Houston at a Hollywood club just days before her death, has a troubled history with the law, and with drugs.

Since 2001, he's been popped three times for drug possession, and his rap sheet goes as far back as the mid-'80s including arrests for domestic violence and vandalism. In 2008, he was sentenced to two years in prison for a drug bust.

Last year, DeBarge checked into rehab just days before a scheduled tour, forcing him to cancel it.

Read more: http://www.eonline.com/ne...z1plTN4XAg

Lawd have mercy My hope for El to recover from drugs slowly slips away every time I hear some mess like this. Somebody needs to intervene with him before we have a RIP El Debarge thread.

nursev said:

Lawd have mercy My hope for El to recover from drugs slowly slips away every time I hear some mess like this. Somebody needs to intervene with him before we have a RIP El Debarge thread.

^This.

Again?!?

Really disappointed. I really hope things change for them all.

nursev said:

Somebody needs to intervene with him.

Like Sharon Osbourne. If she managed to get Ozzy clean, then she can help anybody. Ozzy is even a vegan now.

Like any of this should surprise anyone at all.

El greatly needs something other than rehab and the threat of imprisonment to break the chain of addiction.

Dang.

When I first saw this the only thing I could say was "oh lawd not again". I swear I keep for him, but I'm losing hope that he will turn around.

nursev said:

Lawd have mercy My hope for El to recover from drugs slowly slips away every time I hear some mess like this. Somebody needs to intervene with him before we have a RIP El Debarge thread.

This is exactly what I'm afraid of. But at the rate he's going....

missfee said:

nursev said:

Lawd have mercy My hope for El to recover from drugs slowly slips away every time I hear some mess like this. Somebody needs to intervene with him before we have a RIP El Debarge thread.

This is exactly what I'm afraid of. But at the rate he's going....

the more and more I see him he is starting to have that weary look that drug addicts get. I saw Whitney looking like that too. Body is just tired-drugs really are a helluva thing. I hope someone can reach him and help him. I really like Eldra and wish him the best.

MickyDolenz said:

nursev said:

Somebody needs to intervene with him.

Like Sharon Osbourne. If she managed to get Ozzy clean, then she can help anybody. Ozzy is even a vegan now.

So true cuz God knows Ozzy had it bad to.

cjabowie said:

Really disappointed. I really hope things change for them all.

Yeah it's truly sad.

missfee said:

When I first saw this the only thing I could say was "oh lawd not again". I swear I keep for him, but I'm losing hope that he will turn around.

Yeah me too

MickyDolenz said:

nursev said:

Somebody needs to intervene with him.

Like Sharon Osbourne. If she managed to get Ozzy clean, then she can help anybody. Ozzy is even a vegan now.

Sharon also had to survive Ozzy's spousal abuse while trying to save him.

Now I'm not implying that El is abused toward people that tried AND failed to help him. But at this point, El has to want to change or he is good as dead.

TonyVanDam said:

MickyDolenz said:

Like Sharon Osbourne. If she managed to get Ozzy clean, then she can help anybody. Ozzy is even a vegan now.

Sharon also had to survive Ozzy's spousal abuse while trying to save him.

Now I'm not implying that El is abused toward people that tried AND failed to help him. But at this point, El has to want to change or he is good as dead.

So true.

Identity said:

Like any of this should surprise anyone at all.

El greatly needs something other than rehab and the threat of imprisonment to break the chain of addiction.

missfee said:

nursev said:

Lawd have mercy My hope for El to recover from drugs slowly slips away every time I hear some mess like this. Somebody needs to intervene with him before we have a RIP El Debarge thread.

This is exactly what I'm afraid of. But at the rate he's going....

Might as well... addiction ain't no joke...

HERE WE GO AGAIN.

Someone's gotta do something.I don't know exactly what they must do,but they gotta intervene somehow,someway.

SoulAlive said:

Someone's gotta do something.I don't know exactly what they must do,but they gotta intervene somehow,someway.

For real! I mean somebody out there close to El needs to get him some help before we lose him too.